Me and two mates have been playing Socotra. We are noob (Around 1900), but came up with a strategy that is pretty strong - especially if you don't know its coming - we have even done it twice in a row successfully to the same three players...so they knew it was coming.
Civs
Flank: Persians
Pocket: Cumans
Flank: Mongols
Strat
Persian player douches his closest opponent in late dark age, usually between TC and key resource. If closest opponent prevents TC placement or is persian themselves, then just rotate to the next player.
Mongol player does 16-18 pop Fast feudal then create scouts, send scouts in just as the opposition being douched is building their second TC to deny...effectively removes that player completely. Need to wall at home. If game prolongs, go stone early for single TC mangadai.
Cuman player team walls with Mongol player while booming and builds second TC in original Persian players base. Helps mid game as the other two players are weaker from their initial rush.
Anyway, as it's such a closed map, the douched player has nowhere to go, quickly becomes a 2v3, and if their team mates helps, they are just weakening their mid game. I know it's a bit of cheese map and there are other cheese strats like easy boar laming with goths etc, but I feel this is a close to impossible to defend strat if you dont know it's coming - especially if executed by someone better than us. Rec uploaded is a an example (i stuff my timing of scouts - but didn't matter).
Civs
Flank: Persians
Pocket: Cumans
Flank: Mongols
Strat
Persian player douches his closest opponent in late dark age, usually between TC and key resource. If closest opponent prevents TC placement or is persian themselves, then just rotate to the next player.
Mongol player does 16-18 pop Fast feudal then create scouts, send scouts in just as the opposition being douched is building their second TC to deny...effectively removes that player completely. Need to wall at home. If game prolongs, go stone early for single TC mangadai.
Cuman player team walls with Mongol player while booming and builds second TC in original Persian players base. Helps mid game as the other two players are weaker from their initial rush.
Anyway, as it's such a closed map, the douched player has nowhere to go, quickly becomes a 2v3, and if their team mates helps, they are just weakening their mid game. I know it's a bit of cheese map and there are other cheese strats like easy boar laming with goths etc, but I feel this is a close to impossible to defend strat if you dont know it's coming - especially if executed by someone better than us. Rec uploaded is a an example (i stuff my timing of scouts - but didn't matter).